TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute polyarticular gout
AU - Raddatz, D. A.
AU - Mahowald, M. L.
AU - Bilka, P. J.
PY - 1983
Y1 - 1983
N2 - We report here on 41 male patients with acute polyarticular gout seen in 3 years. Acute polyarticular gout continues to masquerade as other commoner rheumatological disorders such as septic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, degenerative joint disease, and even hemiparesis. Almost all of these patients had clues to the diagnosis of acute gout in their medical history. These clues included a past history of intermittent acute gout, prior attacks of polyarticular arthritis, previous hyperuricaemia, and/or obviours tophi. The patients all responded promptly to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. We observed serious toxic drug reactions in 8 patients.
AB - We report here on 41 male patients with acute polyarticular gout seen in 3 years. Acute polyarticular gout continues to masquerade as other commoner rheumatological disorders such as septic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, degenerative joint disease, and even hemiparesis. Almost all of these patients had clues to the diagnosis of acute gout in their medical history. These clues included a past history of intermittent acute gout, prior attacks of polyarticular arthritis, previous hyperuricaemia, and/or obviours tophi. The patients all responded promptly to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. We observed serious toxic drug reactions in 8 patients.
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U2 - 10.1136/ard.42.2.117
DO - 10.1136/ard.42.2.117
M3 - Article
C2 - 6847258
AN - SCOPUS:0020568055
SN - 0003-4967
VL - 42
SP - 117
EP - 122
JO - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
JF - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
IS - 2
ER -